Remembering three feet apart corn rows and changing farming ways
Ruth Gideon recalls how past fields were planted with three foot spacing and cultivated by horse teams, contrasting with modern dense rows one foot apart and reduced cultivation. She warns of potential poor yields without rain, notes garden produce, and mentions local visits, weddings, and nearby lavender clover blooms along the Wayland route.
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Wayne Gideon
Ernest
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Legion Hall
Nora Wehrs
Erwin Wulf
Walter Longer
Verle Gallaghers
Lorence Mareks
Ray Niffenegger
Alma Walker
Presbyterian Home
Gideon
Richard Longer
Bob
Colorado
Ray Niffeneggers
Mid-Prairie Student Registration Set for Aug 18
Registration for all Mid-Prairie District students is planned for August 18 from 8 30 a m to 3 p m. Fees due the same day include book rent 5 dollars for kindergarten 8 dollars for grades 1 12 high school lab and towel fees gym swim with varying amounts plus optional insurance 3 50 5 50 6 13 50 or 30 football 9 12 3 5 7 8 5 6 wrestling lunch 45 cents daily 2 weekly 8 monthly.
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Mid-Prairie District
Mid-Prairie reports hot lunches and attendance for 1974 75
Mid-Prairie Community School District released statistics for the 1974-75 year showing 213,911 hot lunches served. Of these, 20,349 were free to needy students and 10,028 were half-price for eligible students. Enrollment totaled 1,465, down from 1,522 in 1973-74, with grades listed from Kindergarten through 12th and special education noted.
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Mid-Prairie
Mid-Prairie Community School District
Red Cross retrains 17 water safety instructors
Seventeen water safety instructors completed a 12 hour retraining course issued by the American National Red Cross on July 31. Milo Steele Jr led the program at the Municipal Pool with nine new Advanced Lifesaving films and hands on practice. Recipients include Balk Bohrofen Crull Dawson Flickinger Gray Greene Greene Koehler Llewellyn Moore Schofield Sheetz Steele Thomas and Wilson.
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American National Red Cross
Milo Steele, Jr
Municipal Pool
Mary Pat Balk
Monte Bohrofen
Pauline B. Crull
Jana Dawson
Carol Flickinger
Michael J. Gray
Cindy Greene
Robin L. Greene
Airborne sculpture vanishes over New Hampshire festival
Pat Martelino's 30 pound aluminum sculpture tied to a foot helium balloon broke free during setup for the White Mountain Art Festival and has not been seen since. Aviation authorities fear it could drift or pose danger while FAA officials search for clues on its ascent. The piece used wind channels through harmonicas as a wind art device.
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Jefferson, N.H
UPI
Pat Martelino
Bethlehem
White Mountain
Marzelino
Federal Aviation Administration
Lebanon
Martelino
Professional Directory of Livingston Area Attorneys and Services
An assortment of listings including law firms such as Livingston Day Meeker Bates and Morrison Morrison Lloyd, John C Owen, Stewart Shearer, Anderson & Buffer, and others. Also featured are chiropractic, nursing home, osteopathic, child care, and moving services with contact details and office hours.
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Livingston, Day, Kehoe
Meeker & Bates
Robert Day
Everett Meeker
Robert Bates
Craig Arbuckle
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Morrison, Morrison
Lloyd Edmund D. Morrison Jr
James E. Lloyd
Washington St
John C. Owen
East Main Street
Stewart
Washington
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Waflewood Manor
Keota
P. L,etter
Osteopathic
Don’t harvest stressed drought corn too soon says ISU expert
Iowa State University extension specialist Mitch Geasler warns against harvesting wet drought corn for silage. He urges farmers to wait for rain, aiming for about 35 percent dry matter in the plant and 50 to 65 percent in kernels, noting future yields depend on timely moisture and careful timing.
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Ames
Mitch Geasler
Iowa State University
Iowa
Geasler
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